Short-tail Lanternshark, Etmopterus westraliensis Ng, White, Liu & Joung 2025

Other Names: Shorttail Lanternshark

Short-tail Lanternshark, Etmopterus brachyurus. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

In Australia, this species was previously known as Etmopterus brachyurus, which is found only in the North Pacific Ocean (Ng et al. 2025).

Cite this page as:

Bray, D.J. 2025, Etmopterus westraliensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Jun 2026, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3504

Short-tail Lanternshark, Etmopterus westraliensis Ng, White, Liu & Joung 2025

More Info

Distribution	Off Ledge Point to off the Exmouth Peninsula, Western Australia.
Species Citation	Etmopterus westraliensis Ng, White, Liu & Joung 2025, Journal of Fish Biology Early view: 6, Figs. 3-4, 5a, c, 6a, 7a, 8a, c, 9a. Type locality: Southwest of Ledge Point, Western Australia, 31°17'S, 114°52'E, depth 475 metres.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Short-tail Lanternshark, Etmopterus westraliensis Ng, White, Liu & Joung 2025

References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. (as Etmopterus brachyurus)

Ng, S-L., White, W.T., Liu, K-M. & S-J. Joung, 2025. Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus. Journal of Fish Biology: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70162